Jonathan Shedler
Professor, psychologist, author. Tweets about psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy. I say the quiet part out loud.
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@PoetryofAfter 2/ This has implications for treatment, especially when dealing with long-standing, ingrained relational patterns (i.e., most people in psychotherapy). Interventions...
1/ One of most important things I've learned: Severe personality problems find *camouflage.* No one thinks "I'm a sadist" or "I'm a malignant narcissist." They find a belief syste...
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1/ People don't just "have" social anxiety. The anxiety holds meanings that can be explored & understood. The anxiety exists for reasons, conscious & unconscious When we understa...
1/ What are the most common mistakes of inexperienced or poorly trained therapists? ChatGPT: https://t.co/pqP6b6v0Cw
1/ People who become therapists often "served as emotional caregivers in our families of origin." Their results in "a preference for passivity, an overemphasis on the client as a...
1/ For starters, the therapist tries to persuade the patient, which is pretty much never helpful, and especially unhelpful in the heat of the moment when the patient is distraught....
1/ The scientific evidence shows that so-called "evidence based" therapies fail most people most of the time. For example, 7 out of 10 patients who get "evidence based" therapy for...
1/ If someone is sad, anxious or otherwise distressed, it's *never* helpful to make light of their feelings or try to tell them everything is ok. Things are not okay for them Most...
1/ Some people don't distinguish understanding from blaming. A therapist says, "let's think about this." They hear, "let's decide who to blame" Their psychology requires that 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦...
1/ "The more narcissistic version of masochistic personality dynamics, commonly called moral masochism, applies to people who equate self-renunciation and suffering with virtue. Fo...
1/ "𝘈𝘭𝘭 people have a personality style and it is a mistake to conflate personality styles with 'disorders.' Unfortunately, the DSM, from the 3rd edition on, has led many clinician...